Cerritos College Athletics - 2007 Men's Swimming News: Men place sxith at Pasadena Invitational

    The Cerritos College men's swimming team amassed 244 team points at the Pasadena Invitational this past weekend and came in sixth place out of 20 schools. The Falcons had several outstanding performances at the invitational, led by freshman Nikos Kostianis (Downey HS), who finished in the top five in three different races, while also swimming on three relay teams that finished in the top 10. The 200-yard medley relay team finished in second place, which was the best finish of any individual or team.

    The Falcons will now have their divers compete in the South Coast Conference Diving Championships, which will be held at El Camino College next Friday and Saturday.

     Below are individuals and relay teams that finished in the top 25 at the Pasadena Invitational.

NAME	EVENT	TIME	PLACE
Nikos Kostianis	50-Yard Freestyle	22.48	12th Place
Tristan Friend	500-Yard Freestyle	5:00.71	9th Place
Eddie Kim	500-Yard Freestyle	5:08.36	13th Place
Billy Smith	500-Yard Freestyle	5:26.01	24th Place
Billy Smith	1650-Yard Freestyle	20:37.45	9th Place
Matthew Whalen	1650-Yard Freestyle	20:40.01	10th Place
Pat Muniz	1650-Yard Freestyle	23:10.12	11th Place
Tony Heredia	1650-Yard Freestyle	23:18.20	12th Place
Art Romero	1650-Yard Freestyle	23:23.60	13th Place
Kevin Nguyen	100-Yard Butterfly	57.97	16th Place
Nick Young	100-Yard Breaststroke	1:08.51	17th Place
Steven Baughman	100-Yard Breaststroke	1:10.79	24th Place
Steven Baughman	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:33.78	17th Place
Eugene Takagi	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:34.42	18th Place
Nick Young	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:35.09	19th Place
Billy Smith	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:41.67	24th Place
Nikos Kostianis	100-Yard Backstroke	53.79	3rd Place
Jose Aguirre	100-Yard Backstroke	59.98	16th Place
Kevin Nguyen	100-Yard Backstroke	1:02.04	21st Place
Eddie Kim	200-Yard Backstroke	2:05.78	6th Place
Jose Aguirre	200-Yard Backstroke	2:12.61	9th Place
Matthew Whalen	200-Yard Backstroke	2:32.34	23rd Place
Nikos Kostianis	200-Yard IM	2:10.01	5th Place
Tristan Friend	200-Yard IM	2:05.35	8th Place
Kevin Nguyen	200-Yard IM	2:16.50	25th Place
Nikos Kostianis	400-Yard IM	4:19.20	2nd Place
Eddie Kim	400-Yard IM	4:30.84	6th Place
Eugene Takagi	400-Yard IM	4:52.98	16th Place
Ramon White	1M Diving	235.30 Points	5th Place
Steven Pavon	1M Diving	173.50 Points	9th Place
Ramon White	3M Diving	241.40 Points	6th Place
Steven Pavon	3M Diving	168.05 Points	10th Place
	200-Yard Freestyle Relay	1:36.24	15th Place
	400-Yard Freestyle Relay "A"	3:29.81	9th Place
	400-Yard Freestyle Relay "B"	3:41.12	13th Place
	200-Yard Medley Relay "A"	1:44.39	2nd Place
	200-Yard Medley Relay "B"	1:53.78	13th Place
	400-Yard Medley Relay	3:53.16	9th Place